{"id":20334,"date":"2021-01-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=20334"},"modified":"2021-01-30T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T06:00:00","slug":"weighted-base-treat-dispenser-saturday-30th-january-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2021\/01\/30\/weighted-base-treat-dispenser-saturday-30th-january-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Weighted Base Treat Dispenser &#8211; Saturday 30th January 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weighted Base Treat Dispenser<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today in my series on Tough Toys and Brain Games for Dogs I\u2019m trying a weighted base treat dispenser. We have had this for a while. It was Alfie\u2019s years ago but I hadn\u2019t used it before. Unfortunately, we can\u2019t find the make of this one, but I\u2019ll give you a couple of links to similar products after I\u2019ve told you what happened. We may get the chance to show you one of the others at some point too as Mum dropped this one on the hard floor after I\u2019d done my video and it has developed a crack. That is probably a point in favour of the rubber one made by Kong, but I\u2019ll come back to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0816-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0816-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20336\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick to learn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I found it very quick to learn how to use it. The video below is only from my second attempt. Mum put my lunch in it, so there was a real incentive to find out what to do as I was hungry. On my first attempt Mum let me struggle for a while before gently moving it with her foot so that I\u2019d get the idea. As you can see, I didn\u2019t take long for me to realise I could use both my nose and paw to move it around to get it to dispense the kibble. I did get it stuck under a cupboard door at one point and got very frustrated, but I would soon learn to get it out again if I used it regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mum had the slot open to maximum width so it wasn\u2019t too hard to begin with. This one has a simply turn system to make the hole the kibble is dispensed with smaller. That would keep me occupied for longer once I was completely proficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wilma Entlebucher tries a weighted base treat dispenser\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XD6YB0VFnAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Downsides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are only three downsides that we can see to this particular device. 1) Mum dropped it and it has cracked. She says I\u2019m not to use it now because it has sharp edges, which is very disappointing as I liked it. 2) With the weighted base and the way it is constructed, it is not that easy to wash and keep clean. 3)When it hadn\u2019t been used for a while the top, which opens up so you can fill it with treats, had fused to the bottom and Mum had to run it under a hot tap to get them apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0820-768x1024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0820-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20337\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=20337\" class=\"wp-image-20337\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0821-768x1024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0821-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20338\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=20338\" class=\"wp-image-20338\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0822-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0822-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20339\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0822-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=20339\" class=\"wp-image-20339\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was clear that when he\u2019d used it previously one of the boys had tried chewing it open. Mum thought that was Aristotle rather than Alfie. He had not succeeded and it is pretty tough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, we\u2019d give it 4 out of 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can you get something similar?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We found two options that look good. There is one made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kongcompany.com\/en-uk\/dog\/play-type\/interactive\/wobbler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kong<\/a>, which has the advantage of being made of rubber. That one is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kongcompany.com\/en-uk\/dog\/play-type\/interactive\/wobbler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>. There is also one by a company called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07C1G7SJ9\/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&amp;pd_rd_i=B07C1G7SJ9&amp;pd_rd_w=XOnw6&amp;pf_rd_p=4c7674c8-9ecc-44d6-badd-dc77c2e64a92&amp;pd_rd_wg=gZYKa&amp;pf_rd_r=1HV5SDCQB5W5Y0E3X11S&amp;pd_rd_r=717efd08-bd52-4812-8662-8f63e8878aea&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyNVBHWExYNUhHWFpWJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDA5NzQ3NjI4VU8xVFNMTzlaJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAwNzk2NjYzTjBQSlFWNEpJSjdZJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zellar<\/a> who were weren\u2019t familiar with and that one is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07C1G7SJ9\/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&amp;pd_rd_i=B07C1G7SJ9&amp;pd_rd_w=XOnw6&amp;pf_rd_p=4c7674c8-9ecc-44d6-badd-dc77c2e64a92&amp;pd_rd_wg=gZYKa&amp;pf_rd_r=1HV5SDCQB5W5Y0E3X11S&amp;pd_rd_r=717efd08-bd52-4812-8662-8f63e8878aea&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyNVBHWExYNUhHWFpWJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDA5NzQ3NjI4VU8xVFNMTzlaJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAwNzk2NjYzTjBQSlFWNEpJSjdZJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>. We think they are definitely worth a try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">West Paw<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our friend Ruby has recommended we include some of the toys and games from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westpaw.com\/dog-toys\/puzzle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West Paw<\/a> in our analysis. Thank you, Ruby. We\u2019ve added them to our list and will tell you about those in a future week\u2019s test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Wilma tries a weighted base treat dispenser as part of her test of tough toys and brains games for dogs. 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